The Indiana Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it is citing the University of Notre Dame with the most serious safety violation allowable under Indiana law, following the death of a student employee who fell from a scissor lift while videotaping a football practice.
OSHA has issued Notices of Unsafe or Unhealthful Working Conditions to the Federal Aviation Administration's Lakefront Airport Air Traffic Control Tower in New Orleans for exposing workers to possible fire hazards.
Incentive Legislation Campaign (ILC) representatives held another round of meetings with targeted members of Congress and their advisors during a recent visit to Capitol Hill conducted as part of the ongoing campaign to promote wellness incentives that would encourage a healthier American work force and reduce health care costs.
Something interesting happens to folks when they make it to the top in business. They become remarkably prone to lose touch with the people down the ladder – the people who do the work and make or break the company.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is soliciting suggestions from the public on research projects and other activities it should pursue, to help further knowledge of how the environment influences health.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new safety video depicting events leading to the August 28, 2008, catastrophic explosion and fire at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, WV, that fatally injured two workers.
A scaffold collapse earlier this month in Yonkers, NY left two construction workers suspended 13 stories in the air, but the fall protection devices worn by both workers allowed them to be rescued by the Yonkers Fire Department.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a new and improved bridge oversight initiative that will enable the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to more closely monitor how states are performing their bridge inspections and maintenance.
No, it’s not a list of fugitive criminals. The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) Most Wanted List contains safety recommendations – and it’s about to get a makeover.